Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.
Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.
Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
Debate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity.
None can teach admirably if not loving his task.
Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.